Kifissia station
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The Kifissia or Kifisia station, (Greek: Σταθμός Κηφισιάς Stathmos Kifisia) is an ISAP
ISAP
I.S.A.P. is the acronym for the Athens-Piraeus Electric Railways , the oldest urban rapid transit system of Athens metropolitan area in Greece. It is the second-oldest underground metro system in the world, after the Metropolitan Railway, of 1863, now a part of the London Underground...

 train station in Kifissia
Kifissia
Kifissia or Kifisia is one of the most expensive northern suburbs of Athens, mainly accessed via Kifissias Avenue, running all the way from central Athens up to Theseos Avenue in the suburb of Nea Erythraia. It has traditionally been home to the major Greek political families...

, Greece
Greece
Greece , officially the Hellenic Republic , and historically Hellas or the Republic of Greece in English, is a country in southeastern Europe....

 and is also the northermost station. The station is situated several kilometres north of Athens
Athens
Athens , is the capital and largest city of Greece. Athens dominates the Attica region and is one of the world's oldest cities, as its recorded history spans around 3,400 years. Classical Athens was a powerful city-state...

 and is marked at the 25.655 km from the starting point in Piraeus
Piraeus
Piraeus is a city in the region of Attica, Greece. Piraeus is located within the Athens Urban Area, 12 km southwest from its city center , and lies along the east coast of the Saronic Gulf....

. The station was opened on August 10, 1957 and was renovated in 2004, it features only one platform and has an aisle. On the site of the current ISAP/Attiko Metro station, it served railway transport by Attica Railways
Attica Railways
Attica Railways was a railway company which operated a metre gauge railway system in Attica, Greece.The contract between the Greek government and the Hellenic Company of Lavrion Metallurgies was signed in 1882...

 with the Lavriou Square-Strofyli railway line
Lavriou Square-Strofyli railway line
The Lavrion Square-Strofyli railway was a Greek railway line that ran from Lavrion Square in downtown Athens to the suburb of Kifissia and further on to Strofyli.-Attica Railways :The line opened on February 4, 1885 as single track, metre gauge...

 at the 15.500 km from Lavriou Square. It first opened on February 4, 1885 and shut down on August 8, 1938. It had a transportation spot and faced north to the final station of the line in which are abandoned and many of the old tracks had disappeared by street marking.
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